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Engineering an AI-powered doctor’s office with Forward CEO Adrian Aoun | E1848

Nov 15, 2023

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Forward CEO Adrian Aoun discusses challenges in healthcare, Forward's AI technology, and plans to revolutionize healthcare service. The podcast explores the difficulties of implementing rapid innovation, building a high-tech doctor's office, and the importance of compliance with solutions like Vanta. Forward aims to provide more efficient and cost-effective healthcare services, analyze patient referrals, and expand their range of services through physical storefronts. The chapter also explores scaling healthcare systems, overcoming startup setbacks, and international expansion to countries with high healthcare demand.

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Quick takeaways

Revolutionizing healthcare by building AI-powered doctor's offices called Forward CarePods.

Leveraging technology and AI to enhance the capabilities of doctors in providing accessible, personalized, and comprehensive care.

Utilizing different technologies and innovations to create a scalable healthcare operating system that brings together various capabilities and solutions.

Deep dives

Building a New Approach to Healthcare: The Autonomous Doctor's Office

In this podcast episode, the guest shares their journey in healthcare innovation, beginning with their realization of the limitations and challenges in the current healthcare system. They emphasize the need for a shift from the traditional doctor-patient model to a more scalable and preventative approach. The guest introduces their company, which aims to revolutionize healthcare by building high-tech doctors' offices called Forward CarePods. These autonomous pods utilize hardware and software to provide various health apps and services, such as body scans, biometric monitoring, and specialized care for heart health, mental health, and more. The goal is to empower individuals to take control of their health and receive personalized care, while enabling doctors to focus on complex cases and providing emotional support. The long-term vision of the company is to distribute these pods widely, making healthcare accessible and affordable to billions of people worldwide.

Introduction

2min

Technology, Capital Allocation, and Collaborations in the Gulf

7min

Challenges in the healthcare industry and the potential of healthcare as a product

4min

Building a High-Tech Doctors Office

11min

Importance of Compliance and Introduction to Vanta

2min

Streamlining Healthcare Services for Efficiency and Affordability

14min

Overcoming startup setbacks and scaling healthcare

4min

Company Size and International Expansion

8min

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Today’s show:

Forward CEO Adrian Aoun joins Jason to discuss how his startup creating the first AI doctor's office (13:55)! The two dive into how Forward's AI technology operates (15:55), the challenges with modern healthcare (9:52), and how Forward plans to revolutionize the healthcare service (40:36).

Time stamps:

(0:00) Forward CEO Adrian Aoun joins Jason.

(1:46) VC in the Middle East and the lack of diligence in the last boom and bust cycle

(8:51) .Tech Domains - Apply to get your startup featured on This Week in Startups at https://startups.tech/jason

(9:52) Challenges in healthcare and Adrian’s journey to Forward

(13:55) The Forward “Care Pod”, an AI-powered doctor's office providing scans, monitoring, blood tests and more

(15:55) Adrian demos Forward’s product

(23:44) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist

(24:50) Forward’s business model and target customer

(28:08) Figuring out how to make healthcare scalable

(30:29) Reactions to the Care Pod and thoughts on wearables

(34:51) The role of a doctor in Forward’s ecosystem